Word: london
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surprise and skepticism of many, Hall resigned from the National as of last September to launch a commercial venture. Its aim: to revive classic and modern plays, particularly little-known or lightly regarded ones, in direct competition with the subsidized theaters. This month he unveiled his first production in London's West End, and the ranks of doubters deservedly diminished...
...CHESS London's frantic multimedia hit was rewritten for Broadway as a tender, doom-struck musical meditation on how East-West politics crush individuals. Trevor Nunn's trademark cinematic staging gave narrative clout to the best rock score ever produced for the theater...
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 6 (EMI). Roger Norrington and the London Classical Players re-create on original instruments the lusty sounds of Beethoven's time...
Shoring up cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and Rio de Janeiro would require equally monumental measures. In the U.S. the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the cost of protecting developed coastal areas could reach $111 billion. Southern Louisiana, which is losing land to the Gulf of Mexico at the alarming rate of one acre every 16 minutes, has already drawn up an ambitious mix of programs. In the biggest project, a $24 million pumping station would divert millions of gallons of silt-rich Mississippi River water onto the coastline to help stop saltwater intrusion...
...with Iraq is in a sputtering cease-fire, but violence and death have taken no rest in Iran. In a report released last week, Amnesty International cites "indisputable" evidence that Iran has unleashed a new wave of political executions. The London-based human-rights group says it has verified nearly 400 summary executions. The true total, observers fear, probably runs into the thousands...